Original release 4 octobre 1989
Number S01E01
Director Christopher Menaul
Writer David Lodge
Country United Kingdom
Original language English
Genres Comedy, Drama, Mini-Series
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Episode 1

January 1986. Industry Year. Rummidge, that lovely, sprawling Midlands city raked by motorways, reluctantly confronts another working week. On our right, Mr Vic Wilcox - dynamic, self-made managing director appointed to 'turn round' a struggling engineering firm. On our left, Dr Robyn Penrose - university lecturer in English Literature and expert on the Victorian industrial novel. They have no notion of each other's existence; the piece of paper that will bring them together lies in a recycled envelope at the bottom of someone's in-tray.